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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Birthday Party

It has been a few years since any of our kids had a birthday party, and since our son, Angelo, has been doing extremely well in school and the rest of his extracurricular activities (karate/jiu-jitsu, baseball, breakdancing class and gymnastics), we decided to throw him a BIG birthday party this year. He picked out his party theme – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and then the research and ideas began to flow. The first thing I did was create his invitation. I decided to do a comic book ninja turtle theme for the invitation (which I probably should have stuck with throughout the rest of the party..but I didn’t). Here’s what I came up with…seriously my most favorite boy themed invitation to date!

We figured that since we’re going big (and since Angelo is really in to reptiles right now), we’d have a reptile show! And we knew it would be blazing hot, so we made sure to have lots of water activities to keep the kids cool. And now for the pictures…

Of course we had to have a sweet treat station! Filled with Kraang’s Brain Blasters (strawberry puffs), Leonardo’s Katanas (green apple & pina colada twists), Bebop’s Chocolate Chip Taffy, Donatello’s Mini Chocolate Smoke Bombs (chocolate sixlets), Raphael’s Chigiriki Balls (gumballs), Splinter’s Green Apple Walking Sticks (hard candy sticks), and Rocksteady’s Coke Bottle Gummies. I printed cutouts of the comic book thought bubbles with different phrases on them and attached them to barbeque skewers so I could stick them in the candy jars.

I decided to just do green ombre cupcakes instead of an extravagant cake since cupcakes are just so much easier to do. My husband helped make the cupcake stands and the stands that were used to hold the fruit cups. We went to the comic book store and decoupaged the stands with the comic book pages. We only used 1 medium container of Mod Podge (purchased with a coupon at Michael’s for $7), and $12 in scrap wood from Home Depot to make all 4 stands.

For the centerpieces, I printed 2-sided cutouts of characters (Shredder, Kraang, Bebop, Leatherhead, Rocksteady, Casey Jones and Splinter), adhered them to wooden dowels, and stuck them in boxes that I hot glued foam in the center of so the dowels would stay in place. The boxes were paper treat boxes I had purchased a long time ago on clearance for $0.50/each (I like to buy things in large quantities when they’re really cheap..I’ve used those boxes to hold favors for class holiday parties, etc). I took pieces of the comic book pages and just taped them around the box, looked up a tutorial for tissue paper pom-poms and stuck the pom-poms in the box to cover the foam. Took a little bit of time, but it was so inexpensive to make which was totally worth it!

Let’s not forget the refreshments! Casey Jones’ Sewer Water and Leatherhead’s Lemon-Lime Lemonooze were a hit at the party.

For the activities, in addition to a bounce house and the water play area, my hubby made a DIY Pitch Burst game where you have a balloon filled with water, and someone throws a ball to hit the target to burst the water balloon. All of the kids had a BLAST with this game.

You can’t have a birthday party without a pinata! We had a hard time finding a Shredder pinata and when I went to see if I can get a custom one made, they told me it would be too difficult and offered me a Ninja Turtle pinata instead. I knew my son would be disappointed if he had to hit a Ninja Turtle, so what I did was purchase a batman pinata and create my own Shredder. I used a lot of duct tape, cardboard and tissue paper and kind of followed the instructions for a costume found here.

Our final activity for the day was the reptile show that was provided by Jurassic Parties. We learned about all kinds of reptiles and the kids had a chance to touch each one. We were even able to take pictures with our favorite animals at the end!

We made these TMNT cutouts for picture taking. We printed out vinyl banners, cut them out and routed out plywood for the backing. Didn’t really get to use it at the party as I originally planned, but at least I was able to take a nice pic of my son the day after it was all over. I hope Angelo remembers this party forever..I know I sure will (:

You can purchase the (custom) Ninja Turtle Ultimate Party Pack in my shop.

Christine M. Bisquera

Hi, I’m Christine! I received my B.A. in Psychology from the University of California, Irvine in the Fall of 2007. I’m certified in Web Design and I love to play around with Photoshop. I received a lot of positive feedback about my past invitation designs, so I created this design company in 2009 to continue my love for all things design. I’m currently a photographer and stay at home mother of three beautiful children, Angelo, 8, Chriselle, 6, and Averey, 1. I’m a DIY addict – I love being able to share my tips and tricks with people! I’m always trying to save some money; my philosophy is if I see something that’s worth my time to make…I will always choose to make it myself!

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Hi Heather! We made the cutouts ourselves. I printed vinyl banners using each character, cut them out, traced them onto plywood and used a jigsaw to cut out the shapes. Then I used some heavy duty spray adhesive to attach the vinyl to the wood. I can order you the banners if you want..email me at christine@prettyinprints.com for more info.

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I really really LOVE the invitation you made! You are awesome! Any tips on how I can do one like that? My son is turning 5 and he loves the ninja turtles! His birthday is in December so I have some time go work on a project like that, although I hope it doesn't take to much time lol. I'd be starting from scratch meaning I have pretty much no idea how to do it.

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Hi Shaterrica! You can purchase the entire party pack in my shop. Once you've made the payment, please email me at christine@prettyinprints.com with all of the details for the invitation (including a picture), tags and labels. Thanks!

Hi, I was wondering if I can order custom invites, I loooooove this invite and refuse to have any other kind! :) Can you please email me at Ajg610@me.comI've tried emailing you but not sure if it's going through :( Thank yooooou so much!!!! :)

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Thank you oh so much for the perfect ninja turtle invite!!!!! And thank you for the quick response!!! I was expecting to get my custom invite in a day or two but got it almost right away!!!Thank you soooo much I've already gotten so many great compliments on it!!!! I will be back in the future for other events!

Hi, I love the everything you did! It looks great. I am interested in purchasing the invites only if possible? I have emailed you but not sure if it is going through? Hope to hear from you soon, thanks!

Hello I'm having a double birthday party and I love the comic invites you did. I don't need the whole package you have on your shop. How much just for the invite party? Or could you do it for me? Please let me know thank you.

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